During the Republican primary on Wednesday night, Former Florida
governor Jeb Bush and Republican presidential front-runner Donald
Trump got into a heated exchange about whether Trump tried to
bribe Bush to allow casinos in Florida.

Bush, as a policy, has held anti-gambling views, making it a
campaign promise in 1998, according to CNN. He accused Donald Trump of
trying to change his mind. Here's what they said on the debate
stage:

Jeb: "The one guy that had some special
interest that I know of — that tried to get me my views on
something, that was generous and gave me money — was Donald
Trump. He wanted casino gambling in Florida."

Trump: "Totally false."

Jeb: "Yes you did. You wanted it and you
didn't get it because I was opposed to casino gambling before,
during, and after!"

Trump: "I promise, if I wanted it, I would
have gotten it."

Jeb: "Nope."

Trump: "The donors, the special interest,
the lobbyists have very strong power over these people. … They
have a lot of control over our politicians. And I don't say
that favorably."

Jeb: "According to what you said on one of the
talk shows, you got Hillary Clinton to go to your wedding
because you gave her money. Maybe it works for Hillary Clinton
but it doesn't work for anybody on this stage."

Here's what actually happened.

In the late 1990s, Trump tried to build a
multimillion-dollar casino with the Seminole Tribe of
Florida, according to CNN. In 1998, he held a
fundraiser that raised $50,000 to the Florida
Republican Party, which led to Bush's election as governor, in
addition to numerous fundraisers in 1997.

Bush held fast on his policy, noting in 1999 that three
Florida referendums voted down casinos, whether on Native
American property or otherwise.

Trump hired Mallory Horne, a powerful state
politician — he was a former president of the
state senate, and a former speaker of Florida's house — to lobby
for the casinos he wanted. By the end of 1998, after Bush was
elected, he had given up.